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type: "Bill"
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title: "Energy, Department of; building standards for certain local buildings."
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description: "Department of Energy; building standards forcertain local buildings. Requires the Department of Energy to provide technical assistance to localities, subject to availablebudgetary resources, as localities implement mandates related toenergy and resilience standards for construction or renovation ofcertain public buildings. The bill also requires the Department toconduct an annual survey of localities to obtain information on relatedactivities and to identify the needs of localities with respect totechnical assistance and training. The bill also makes several technicaland clarifying changes to the existing statute, in part by definingor redefining existing terms found in the statute."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 151"
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citation: "Virginia HB 151 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dan I. Helmer"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-02"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e587eed7-4cd1-4e5e-9801-ffcd8e8f6c5d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB151"
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source_hash: "fb5bde8a7102b2f36499cd1ddcc7f79c3b67753fd0cc7c991da565b4ac2d43cf"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 151 (2024) — Energy, Department of; building standards for certain local buildings.
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Department of Energy; building standards forcertain local buildings. Requires the Department of Energy to provide technical assistance to localities, subject to availablebudgetary resources, as localities implement mandates related toenergy and resilience standards for construction or renovation ofcertain public buildings. The bill also requires the Department toconduct an annual survey of localities to obtain information on relatedactivities and to identify the needs of localities with respect totechnical assistance and training. The bill also makes several technicaland clarifying changes to the existing statute, in part by definingor redefining existing terms found in the statute.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0687** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0687)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24105608D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB151H1)
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3. **HB151EH1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB151EH1)
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4. **HB151ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB151ER)
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5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101918D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB151)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (17-Y 4-N) — **17–4** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) — **53–44** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N) — **20–19** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)
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- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101918D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-15** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-18** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-01-23** Reported from General Laws with substitute (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-23** Committee substitute printed 24105608D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-01-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 24105608D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-01-26** Amendment by Delegate Helmer agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-01-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB151EH1 `substitution`
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- **2024-01-26** Printed as engrossed 24105608D-EH1
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- **2024-01-29** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-01-29** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) `passage`
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- **2024-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-01-30** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB151EH1)
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- **2024-02-14** Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-14** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-27** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB151ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB151ER)
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- **2024-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 687 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0687)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e587eed7-4cd1-4e5e-9801-ffcd8e8f6c5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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